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Latitude: 58.9825 / 58°58'56"N
Longitude: -2.9598 / 2°57'35"W
OS Eastings: 344925
OS Northings: 1010989
OS Grid: HY449109
Mapcode National: GBR M41Z.YMD
Mapcode Global: WH7C4.HHS9
Plus Code: 9CCVX2JR+X3
Entry Name: 63, 65 Albert Street, Kirkwall
Listing Name: 63 and 65 Albert Street
Listing Date: 15 March 1999
Category: C
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 393065
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB45965
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200393065
Location: Kirkwall
County: Orkney Islands
Town: Kirkwall
Electoral Ward: Kirkwall West and Orphir
Traditional County: Orkney
Tagged with: Tenement
Earlier to mid 19th century, possibly re-modelled later 19th century; later alterations. 2-storey and attic, 3-bay tenement with finialled, gabled dormers, forming part of terrace. Harled with plain cement margins to windows; polished pink granite margins to openings at ground, continuous as base course; strip quoins.
E (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: modern shop window with glazed door incorporated to left spanning bays to centre and right at ground; deep-set common stair entrance in bay to left. Regular fenestration at 1st floor. 2 evenly disposed dormer windows, breaking eaves above.
N (SIDE) ELEVATION: single storey building (Number 61) at ground; small attic window, set to left, above; gablehead stack.
Modern shop window at ground; 2-pane timber sash and case windows above. Grey slate roof; stone ridge; stone skews; harled, corniced multi-flue gablehead stack to N; common harled stack to S; cast-iron rainwater goods.
INTERIOR: modern shop at ground, unseen above, 1998.
A near mirror image of the property to the south, (Numbers 67 and 69), listed separately, the pair constitute a strong unit at the head of Albert Street.
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